Commentary

By Danae Reid According to Forbes, Black men only make up 2% of the teaching force. This statistic, paired with the fact that 80% of start up businesses fail within the first 18 months, is enough to make a person question their dream. However, Philadelphia native Anthony Samuels has defied all odds with the success…

Dear Lovies: We have all heard the sayings, “You can’t trust everybody with everything” and “Everything ain’t for everybody.” But yet, out of guilt, fear or just talking too diggety dang much, we often shoot ourselves in the foot by over sharing our goals and dreams with the wrong people. The painful lessons that result…

ABOVE PHOTO: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (Photo: Shutterstock) By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com At the risk of being considered repetitious, I am once again asking–no begging–black folks to cease reducing the great historical legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to “I Have a Dream.” Anyone who is still doing so, which includes most…

In recent months, the City of Philadelphia has been inundated with random acts of violence, a record number of shootings and to hear the leaders talk, there was very little glimmer of hope anywhere. I come to challenge that notion by highlighting young men who are thriving among us and are creating a pathway of…

By Danae Reid In the past few years, people across the world have begun taking their all around health more seriously. One could argue that the influence of social media is the motivation behind the uptick, and I’d say I agree. My skin has always been important to me, but as a professional model, I…

The year 2020 is here, and as I watched people speak of their resolutions and what 2019 meant for them, I continued to beat the drum that we are only as good as we think we are. When we speak negatively all the time about our circumstances or about those within our spheres, all we…

ABOVE PHOTO: Gen. Qassem Soleimani By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III TriceEdneyWire.com On Friday, January 3, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most beloved military commander and leader of its elite Quds force, was assassinated in a targeted US drone air strike outside Baghdad International Airport. Soleimani had relentlessly defended Iran and its interests in the Middle…

ABOVE PHOTO: Jerrell Jackson (Photo: Stephanie Price) The accomplishments of Black people have often been excluded from conversations, as if the contributions we’ve made are illusory. We find ourselves enraged by the erasure we face in the historical sense and the appropriation we endure on the pop cultural front, but we seldom speak about how…

As we welcome 2020, and all that comes along with embracing another 365 days — should we be so lucky — it has come to my attention that far too many die and leave a legacy of secrets, pain, and unfinished business, judging by the behaviors of the ones who are left to carry on…

By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com As 2019 ticked to a close, the screamingly outrageous headlines have not slowed. Every day there is something, whether it is a flurry of presidential tweets or yet another Republican spouting off about something or other. Who would have thought, though, that amid the Christmas holiday…